Casey Johnstone is a fifth-grader who attends Burlingame’s Lincoln Elementary — located on the Peninsula about 20 miles south of San Francisco. He’s also a rabid Dodgers’ fan, which is bad news in those there parts. At his school’s graduation ceremony recently, all the kids were asked to give a short speech about their best memory of the school year. Casey instead went with his most troubling memory: he recounted the day last season when the Giants won the World Series. Casey, on stage in front of all of his Giants-loving schoolmates, recounted the horror:

“The whole school took a picture with everyone in Giants gear, and there I was, watching the whole thing decked out in every piece of Dodger gear I had. The whole school, mostly fifth-graders, were screaming ‘Beat L.A.’ right at me.”

But Casey remained hopeful and steadfast: the unblinking 10-year-old in all of us.

“I’m a true fan. And true fans stand tough. True fans stay loyal to their team no matter what happens.